The Elections Committee of Concerned Friends of WBAI
recognizes your stance in support of Leslie Cagan,
WBAI LAB nominee to the Pacifica National Board, in
her struggle against the controlling interests on the
Board. We further acknowledge your valiant efforts
and the enormous amount of time you dedicate to
steering WBAI to fulfill its original mission, as laid
out in the Pacifica Foundationís Articles of
Incorporation.

The anti-democratic behavior of the PNB together with
John Murdockís proposed bylaw changes, clearly
demonstrate intent to disenfranchise Pacifica stations
and "fire" their LABs and listeners. The need for
corrective action is urgent. Concrete action taken to
conduct democratic elections of the WBAI LAB would
legitimize and empower your stance in opposing the
PNBís autocratic course.

A WBAI LAB democratized through its own initiative
would dramatically support and validate the goals of
all three lawsuits currently pending against the PNB.
We believe that it was in this spirit you endorsed a
democratized WBAI LAB by signing the Concerned
Friendsí position statement, adopted January 11, 2001,
which includes a call for listeners and staff to
support the "establishment of local election
procedures for the ongoing selection of Local Advisory
Board members" (section 5c.)

The Elections Committee urges you to join our ongoing
discussion on the implementation of electoral
procedures at this time and to help us make critical
decisions in designing an election model to best suit
the needs and circumstances of the WBAI signal area.
We thank you for allowing us to make a presentation at
the March 15, 2001 LAB public meeting, and are pleased
to note you have appointed a sub-committee to look
into the question of elections and democratization.
The Elections Committee has been researching possible
democratic election models for the WBAI LAB for the
past four months and has gathered a substantial amount
of pertinent information on the subject. Many of the
concerns about elections recently raised by individual
LAB members and by the LAB as a body are on our minds
as well. With this in mind, we seek to establish
liaisons with your sub-committee, schedule public
presentations on the importance of democratic process,
and participate in your next sub-committee meeting. We
look forward to hearing from you soon.